The Secretariat Office of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrudgea informs us:
Monday, 18 February 2013, the meeting of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrudgea for assigning the candidates to the vacancy of Archbishop of Buzau and Vrancea was held at the Patriarchal Residence of Bucharest, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
The Metropolitan Synod assigned, through consultative vote, His Grace Ambrozie, Bishop of Giurgiu (3 votes) and His Grace Ciprian Campineanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch (4 votes).
On 19 February 2013, the Metropolitan Synod will meet the Eparchial Assembly of the Archdiocese of Buzau in Bucharest for consultation. The Assembly is entitled to confirm the candidates proposed by the Metropolitan Synod or add one more candidate.
The election of the new Archbishop of Buzau and Vrancea will take place during the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church on 28 February 2013.
